Our day at IKEA or how my husband is both my best friend and nearly a super hero :)

We headed out to IKEA and got there about noon.

We ate lunch and began looking for the many things

we had researched, discussed and chosen for our new home.
I was so excited to have this time with my husband!

By 3 pm I was in need of a snack/half-meal and was feeling a bit tired.

By 5 pm we were frazzled, eating dinner there, after 

finding out that the mattress we wanted was not in stock

for the futon we have since purchased for the library/guest room/ chapel.
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After some misadventures, we realized we needed to just go home,

rather than to another IKEA for the said mattress

(there are a few in driving distance in this part of the heavily populated US world)

and went home, unpacked some of the small things, prayed, slept.
We were just plain exhausted!

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I saw a woman there who was putting together some fake flowers and vases.

She had commented that IKEA is so tiring; I agreed and said that we'd been there since noon.

She quickly said, oh my goodness, God bless you! :)

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Later, when we were home, I told my Mother or admitted that
I had eaten 32.5 meatballs.
She commented that perhaps that as a bit excessive...
Well, yes, I can say it was... I just felt a great need to have food
to keep energy going...
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My husband was a real trooper, gathering the information on site for the various pieces and knowing what I do about husbands and IKEA 

(generally what I see is that husband's dislike it quicker than the wife),

he is not only my best friend but a super hero for enduring such a long time there!
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Here is one of the things we took home
(main delivery is today, anytime now...)

It's so vivid and beautiful!

A new rug, soft and scrunchy-squishy, for the kitchen area!

The floor had no rug and with it being wood,

we were constantly cleaning up water spills...

(the faucet is another issue, as sadly is the 

dishwasher, that works but really does not work,

as in it no longer cleans and we need a new one,

my Dad spent hours trying to fix it).

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I am coming to about my limit on things,

as in the exhaustion and the constant mess.

First packing and now unpacking.

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Little things like not finding a peg for a bookshelf

(so the shelf can't get up and I can't use it to put things away)

and waiting for the new IKEA things to come and 

DV tomorrow be assembled...

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I know I am making a lot of progress,

and since my parents left and my husband is at work,

I am unpacking everything.

So I am tired and ready for our home to be a 

more organized restful place.

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It's just taking a long time, as things in areas did

not go as planned and that is just the way it is.

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But I still love our new house and I know when we are all done,

it will be quite lovely 

and I thank God for His mercy...